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Pierre Cartier (1932–2024): a tribute | Tangente
Nicolas Bourbaki himself announced it in "Le Carnet" in the September 1–2 issue of Le Monde: the group "pays tribute to Pierre Cartier, who died on August 17 and was a contributor to and voice of the group for many years. A wide-ranging, voluble and mischievous mathematician (he announced Bourbaki's death forty years ago), he leaves behind a rich and varied legacy."
Grothendieck: mathematics' rebel legend | Tangente
On the Radio France website, the programme "Les grandes traversées" explores the lives of people who embarked on momentous journeys, whether literal, political or intellectual.
Integer polygons
The discovery that so simple a figure as a square cannot have both sides and diagonals of integer length troubled several great scholars of antiquity. Can polygons with this property nevertheless be found? This seemingly innocent question continues to open up new avenues of research today.
Italo Calvino's mathematical writing | Tangente
Widely read in Italian schools and universities, Italo Calvino is a major author, renowned for the literary quality of his work. He was also an avid lover of mathematics and readily drew on it in his writing, particularly to structure his texts, as one would expect of a committed Oulipian.
Daniel Litt's probability problems
The young mathematician Daniel Litt currently holds a position at the University of Toronto. His research usually explores the interplay between algebraic geometry and arithmetic. Yet in recent months, he has attracted attention in an entirely different field, even earning an interview with the renowned online publication Quanta Magazine.
The mathematicians of Père-Lachaise | Tangente
At this time of year, around All Saints’ Day, tradition calls for visits to cemeteries. So let's take the opportunity to visit the graves of mathematicians in the most iconic cemetery of all: Père-Lachaise.
Burn out : nouvelle mathématique | Tangente
L’Institut intergalactique est le temple de l’excellence où exerce le redouté professeur Phi. Suite au surmenage, ce dernier séjourne en maison de repos.
Changeons de dimension en géométrie | Tangente
Quittons notre zone de confort intellectuel à deux ou trois dimensions pour essayer d’imaginer un espace à quatre dimensions ou plus à travers l’exploration d’un hypercube.
Élections galactiques : défi arithmétique | Tangente
Un patron économe pour le cube unité | Tangente
Le rugby d'Altaïr : scores impossibles | Tangente
♥♥♥ La balade du carré
Un carré mystère et trois points alignés | Tangente
Chaos à l'Assemblée : affaire de logique | Tangente
Le satellite cubique et ses lumières | Tangente
La planète MB52 : vérité ou mensonge | Tangente
Problème : cinq points et des plans dans l'espace | Tangente
Sofia Kovalevskaïa en BD : vie d'une pionnière | Tangente
Un premier roman markovien
Les angoisses et l'allant de Turing | Tangente
Mathématiques et musique : invitations | Tangente
Chez les Einstein, pas qu'Albert ! | Tangente